Harness-rosette.



Patented Aug. 7, I900.

J. E. PFLUEGER.

HARNESS BOSETTE.

(Application filed-Apr. 2, 1900;)

(No Model wvbmewc :ATENT Enron.

JOSEPH E. PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HARNESS-ROSETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,511, dated August'7, 1900.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Serial No- 1l,136. (No model.)

To all whom it ntag concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. PFLUEGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Rosettes; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a rear elevation showing my invention asapplied to a flat ro- Bette and showing the openings in plate 0. Fig. 2is a section on the linex 50, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation showingmyinvention as applied to a concavo-convex rosette. Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a detail view of the plate cl. Fig. 6is a detail view of the loop E.

The invention has relation to harness-rosettes; and it consists in thenovel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A designates the metallic shellof a harnessrosette, which is provided with a flange b, and O is atransverse metallic loop-holder or plate of skeleton form designed toextend across the shell and secured in place by bending or spinning theflange Z) down over its ends, as,indicated in the drawings. The plate Ois usually bent inward or toward the concave of the shell; but for flatrosettes it may be plane, the object being to have it conform somewhatto the contour of the back of the shell. This plate is provided with anaperture, opening, or slot 02 for the passage of the back loop E and ofthe same length an breadth as said loop proper, the feet g of which arebent outward, as shown. When assembled these feet project beyond theslot under the ends of the plate and between the same and thecircumferential portion of the shell. The feet are flattened in order togive them a bearing to hold the loop in proper position. The flange ofthe rosette being bent down upon the ends of the plate holds all inposition until further secured by solder or tinning.

\Vhen the rosette is tin-plated, it-is dipped in the hot tin or lead,which not onlycovers the goods and finishes them, but also works intothe crevices of the assembled parts in the sides of the shell andsecures the flattened end of the loop, the slotted plate, and the shellfirmly together. When, however, the rosette is of brass or other metal,which is not to be tinned,but is to be japanned,painted, polished, orotherwise finished, it is required to solder the parts together, and inorder to accomplish thisin an efiective manner the plate 0 is providedwith small perforations n in its ends beyond the loop-slot and designedto correspond with the flattened ends of the loop between said plate andshell. A small piece of solder having been placed on each perforationafter the parts are assembled, it is fluxed with an acid in position andpassed under the flame of a blowpipe, when the solder flowing under theplate fastens the loopplate and shell firmly together.

In assembling the parts of my rosette the loop is first passed throughthe slot in the loop-holder, in which it has a neat fit, until its footportions bear against said holder at the rear. The holder and loop arethen se cured to the rosette-body.

It will be noted that the loop-holder plate 0 has a more extended, andconsequently more secure, bearing in the marginal portion of the rosettespun over thereupon than would be possible for the back loop E to haveand that extensive flattening of the foot portions of said loop isavoided. The foot portions of the loop being located between therosettebody and the holder-plate, the parts are securely held together.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1S-' 1. The combination with a rosette having a marginalflange, of a back loop having foot portions, and a loop-holder platehaving an elongated slot therein to receive the main portion of saidback loop and having its ends secured under said flange, said footportions of the back loop being secured between the body of the rosetteand said loop-holder plate, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a rosette having marginal portions thereof spunover or bent backwardly upon itself, of a back loop having flattenedfoot portions, and a loop-holder plate having an elongated slot thereinof the same length and breadth as the main portion of said back loop toneatly receive the same, and having its ends secured under said backwardly-bent portions of the rosette, said foot portions of the back loopbeing secured between the body of the rosette, and said loopholderplate, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a rosette having a marginal flange, of the backloop having flattened feet, and a loop-holder plate of ske1eton formextending transversely across the rosette and havingits ends securedunder said flange, said plate having an elongated slot therein to neatlyreceive the main portion of said back loop, and the feet of said loopbeing secured between the body of the rosette, and said loop-holderplate, substantially as specified.

at. In a harness-rosette, the slotted loopholding plate, having thesoldering-perforations in its ends, in combination with the footed loop,and flanged shell, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a rosette having a marginal flange, of a backloop having foot portions and a loop-holder plate having an elongatedslot therein to receive the main portion of said back loop, and providedwith sol dering-perforations near its ends, which ends are secured undersaid rosetteflange, said foot portions of the loop being secured betweenthe body of the rosette and said loopholder plate, substantially asspecified.

6. The combination with a concavo-convex or shell-form rosette having amarginal flange of a back loop having foot portions, and a loopholderplate of arched skeleton form extending transversely across the rosette,havingan elongated slot therein to receive the main portion of said backloop, and having solderingperforations near its ends, which ends aresecured under said rosette-flange, said foot portions of the back loopbeing secured between the body of the rosette and said loop-holderplate, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOSEPH E. PFLUEGER. Witnesses:

T. W. WAKEMAN, D. GALEHoUsEf

